Like all other mammals, cows have to produce calves to produce milk. Cows produce milk for their offspring, not for humans and so the calves are the dairy waste by-product. The male calves and many of the females are taken from their mum’s at a day or so old and slaughtered, many end up in pet…
This week we have rescued a further 200 hens from a commercial caged farm in Cambridge, these hens would have otherwise been killed for pet food or cheap pies. Egg laying hens have a bleak life, as soon as they lay eggs around 16 weeks, they are confined into overcrowded cages, with little of their…
You may have heard TV and Radio News Reports about a lorry crash on the M62 as it was travelling to the slaughterhouse, with 7,000 hens on-board. Unfortunately over 1,000 hens were killed in the crash and many more strewn across the carriageway. Whilst a few hundred were rescued, many thousands continued with their horrific journey…
Today we will be live on Radio Nottingham’s lunchtime show putting the finishing touches to a hedgehog box in order to raise awareness for this native little creature that is currently fighting for survival. Over the weekend 2 of us (and a friend that was visting us socially) made 2 hedgehog boxes, 1 of which…
If you can offer a life-long loving home for mice or gerbils, please get in touch with Laura at Kirkby Pet Welfare at – [email protected] Or Facebook Or call Laura on mobile number if you like, 07807 209212. There are a pair of baby male mice, 6 weeks old, must stay as a pair. 6 female mice…
